if this works itll be the feature that finally gets me to buy one of their units

I've been a big fan of Synology for some time, it's one of the nicest peripherals I've ever used. Stable, easy to use, reliable, constant updates and fully featured. Even if the ATV streaming is a bust I'd still recommend it highly.

The whole point is that with proper homesharing you would only need 2 devices your NAS and your ATV. Once you start adding a third device then you may as well just run iTunes on a computer or like I did build a small WHS that runs iTunes instead of a NAS.

As I said I hope this is a full implementation of homesharing, but I highly doubt it.

1. All DiskStation apps now correctly support quick connect which is quite helpful. You can use the quickconnect id to connect outside fo the network like normal and seems to work flawlessly with no bugs.

2. AirPlay works through the Video Station package and app for iOS. IT IS NOT HOMESHARING. It works by opening Video Station (Or Video DS for iOS), selecting your movie, pressing play, then pressing the AirPlay button in the bottom right corner. It works exactly the same way as iTunes.

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Originally Posted by blueroom

It's like a broken iTunes as far as dishing it out. Media that was formatted by Handbrake and works in iTunes gives a "An error occurred loading this content." on the ATV3.

I also got this error the first time. I fixed it by either A) allowing the video to play for a couple seconds before AirPlaying or B) After you get the error, press the Play button on your computer/phone again. Both of these will solve the problem. It also seems to be random which ones of my files will produce the error. Some will, some wont.

3. Transfer speeds from my Mac have increased DRAMATICALLY. I was getting constant transfer rates of between 30-40 MB/s, I am now getting closer to 70 MB/s on a constant basis and have spiked to 90MB/s on more than one occasion. The speed increase is immense and really helps with network transferring!

This is on a gigabit wired LAN system through a Netgear 5-port switch and a 1 year old Airport Extreme.

1. All DiskStation apps now correctly support quick connect which is quite helpful. You can use the quickconnect id to connect outside fo the network like normal and seems to work flawlessly with no bugs.

2. AirPlay works through the Video Station package and app for iOS. IT IS NOT HOMESHARING. It works by opening Video Station (Or Video DS for iOS), selecting your movie, pressing play, then pressing the AirPlay button in the bottom right corner. It works exactly the same way as iTunes.

I also got this error the first time. I fixed it by either A) allowing the video to play for a couple seconds before AirPlaying or B) After you get the error, press the Play button on your computer/phone again. Both of these will solve the problem. It also seems to be random which ones of my files will produce the error. Some will, some wont.

3. Transfer speeds from my Mac have increased DRAMATICALLY. I was getting constant transfer rates of between 30-40 MB/s, I am now getting closer to 70 MB/s on a constant basis and have spiked to 90MB/s on more than one occasion. The speed increase is immense and really helps with network transferring!

This is on a gigabit wired LAN system through a Netgear 5-port switch and a 1 year old Airport Extreme.

Help me understand this... Is it AirPlaying directly from the Synology NAS to the AppleTV? Or is it still passing through an iOS device?

Help me understand this... Is it AirPlaying directly from the Synology NAS to the AppleTV? Or is it still passing through an iOS device?

You can do either. Synology supports AirPlaying directly from the NAS unit itself now, however in order to do so you must use the web interface from a Mac or PC. You can also AirPlay from an iOS device as well (going NAS -> iOS device -> TV), the iOS apps have been updated to fully support AirPlay (it used to only do it through AirPlay mirroring on your phone).

You can do either. Synology supports AirPlaying directly from the NAS unit itself now, however in order to do so you must use the web interface from a Mac or PC. You can also AirPlay from an iOS device as well (going NAS -> iOS device -> TV), the iOS apps have been updated to fully support AirPlay (it used to only do it through AirPlay mirroring on your phone).

Well, blah. I would call this "bait and switch," but there's really no "switch." Synology is just flat-out lying when they say "Supports streaming videos to Apple TV." They make no mention of needing a separate iOS device to make it work, and I cannot figure a way to make it work otherwise. There is no option on either my ATV (3rd Gen) or within the Video Station app to make the two units talk to each other.

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Well, blah. I would call this "bait and switch," but there's really no "switch." Synology is just flat-out lying when they say "Supports streaming videos to Apple TV." They make no mention of needing a separate iOS device to make it work, and I cannot figure a way to make it work otherwise. There is no option on either my ATV (3rd Gen) or within the Video Station app to make the two units talk to each other.

You most definitely can get it to work without an iOS device. Play the video using the video station app on your laptop/desktop and it will open a new window with the video player. In the lower right hand corner you will see the AirPlay icon and you can stream it directly to the ATV. This works for both Mac and PC.

You most definitely can get it to work without an iOS device. Play the video using the video station app on your laptop/desktop and it will open a new window with the video player. In the lower right hand corner you will see the AirPlay icon and you can stream it directly to the ATV. This works for both Mac and PC.

This is true, now only if I could get it to actually work with my .m4v (Handbrake ATV3) files (gives a content error).

Would have been something if it actually supported Home Sharing, but that's very unlikely.